Field Day at HES

It is the last week of school! Jordan and I went to help out with field day at school this morning. It was a fun but very hot morning and after an hour Jordan wanted to go home! I don't blame him it was very hot but he did great. He just decided he would join in and play. A lot of the kids know him from his older brothers. We were in charge of 1 of 16 stations set up outside. It was combined with three grades, K thru 2. So I got to help with Braedyn's and Cooper's day. The first thing Coach (they call their PE teacher) had them do was run a lap around the track...first the k girls thru 2 and then K boys went first and then so on. So when the K boys lined up to go Cooper was at the front of the pack and he was so excited when he saw me, as he went by, he then hit the cone and slipped on the wet grass. He got up and cried and didn't want to keep going so Jordan and I ran the rest of the way with him. He was so disappointed he said "I screwed up and came in last and I don't like being last". I told him it was more important that he finished, he gave me a hug and went back to the group. Braedyn's group came through my station and I loved the surprise I got at the end! Braedyn came up and gave me a big hug and said "bye mom", it was so sweet. Especially at 8 in front of all his friends. I'll take that since it won't be much longer and that is just not cool. :) Afterwards, we went to lunch with some friends and came home. We both were exhausted. I fell asleep with Jordan at nap time. It felt like a workout and my throat hurt from talking so much as I had to explain and give directions to each different group that came through. I don't know how teachers do it. I do have to say PE teachers have the best job! How fun, to play at work with kids! Their PE teacher is great too and of course is one of their favorite things at school.
Whatever happened to track and field day?  Now it's just field day with no competition. I guess these days education has changed so much they have taken out the competitiveness as I was told by a retired teacher and I quickly learned as I said "when the ball gets to the end of your line, take a seat so we know your done"...well I had to rethink that instruction after the first group who finished first said, "we won" and another little girl whose group finished last said, "It doesn't matter, it's not about who wins". So we just never had it end and they just kept repeating the drill from front to back until the whistle blew and it was time to switch to the next station!
I remember we had a few of these stations like the three-legged race and the gunny sack race but then we did actual track events like 50, 100, 200, and 400 yard dashes. Then we also did high jump and long jump. I always remembered tug of war.  We even got ribbons for the events. I still have all mine in my keepsake box from my scrapbook I made in junior high. That was one of my favorite things about the end of the year in elementary school. I thought I was so cool running on the High School track! Guess my love of running started early!
They were doing some type of relays in the afternoon after lunch but we had to get home for a nap. So I am wondering what they did this afternoon and will find out soon when they get home. They will be exhausted too! Then Braedyn has a baseball game tonight at 6! They will be tired for bed tonight!
3 more sleeps until the last day of school! It will be here quick!